Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Another lost Son of Svengoolie promo found - for the Saturday, September 26th 1981 presentation of "Planet of Blood" [1966]. Featuring a special surprise cameo by Bozo! (the bop bag). As originally aired on WFLD Channel 32. Featuring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie.
This promo aired on Friday, September 25th 1981.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Another lost Son of Svengoolie promo found - for the Saturday, September 26th 1981 presentation of "Planet of Blood" [1966]. Featuring a special surprise cameo by Bozo! (the bop bag). As originally aired on WFLD Channel 32. Featuring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie.
This promo aired on Friday, September 25th 1981.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
![CBS Network - Three for the Road - Trail of Bigfoot (Complete Broadcast, 11/9/1975) 📺
Heres a complete broadcast (with caveat, as noted in the addendum at the start of this video) of an edition of the very short-lived series Three for the Road, Trail of Bigfoot (S01E10), as was shown in Chicago over WBBM Channel 2.
This show - one of the earliest gigs for future teen idol Leif Garrett (as young Endy Karras; the other stars were Alex Rocco as widower Pete Karras and Vincent Van Patten as older son John Karras) - is notable in that: a) it had the lowest ratings for any network TV series that aired that season, b) after it was cancelled, the newsmagazine 60 Minutes was moved into its time slot; that programs been there ever since, and c) despite of a) - someone recorded this.
This ill-fated series was about a freelance photographer/writer who, after his wifes death (of course! It’s always a widower) embarks with his two sons on a long cross-country road trip in his RV (recreational vehicle).
In this installment (which every online site has referred to as The Trail of Bigfoot - notice in Act I there is no The in the title), reported sightings of the aforementioned creature causes the family to seek photographing for documented evidence. Guest starring Dean Stockwell and a young Anne Schedeen (the Mom from ALF!), and co-starring Woodrow Chambliss, Stephen Liss, Parley Baer, James Ray, Eldon Quick and Mark Daniels.
Includes:
Opening addendum from Fuzzy [now outdated due to a claim - see below]
Opening titles (from another source; it was missing from the original recording)
Commercials for:
Ivory Soap (voiceover by Joel Crager) (joined in progress; it was at that point the recording would have started)
Crest Toothpaste
Opening bumper (We now present Three for the Road... - present? As if its a special event and not a weekly series? Weird.)
Act I
Ad bumper
Commercials for:
Lipton Cup-a-Soup
Ziploc Bags - from Handi-Wrap (another one of those ads with the creepy floating Magic Hands)
Return bumper
Act II
Ad bumper
Commercials for:
Nestlés Crunch
Chun King Frozen Chicken Chow Mein (voiceover by Keye Luke?)
Ad bumper
Promo for Cher (voiceover by Bern Bennett)
CBS Catch the Brightest Stars Eye-D (voiceover by Bill Martin)
PSA from Tuberculosis & Respiratory Disease Association, Now Your Lung Association - We Mind Very Much if You Smoke
Commercials for:
Heath Candy Bars
Polk Bros. 15-40% Sale on carpets
Outer Space Channel 2 ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)
Return bumper
Act III
Ad bumper
Commercials for:
Mr. Coffee (with Joe DiMaggio)
Pontiac Sunbird
Return bumper
Act IV
Ad bumper
Commercials for:
Carnation Breakfast Bar (voiceover by Danny Dark)
Nestlés Semi-Sweet Real Chocolate Toll House Morsels (with Mariette Hartley)
Preview of next weeks episode (The Albatross, S01E11)
Commercials for:
Triscuit - from Nabisco (jingle sung to A-Tisket, A-Tasket)
Suave Strawberry Essence Shampoo (voiceover by Jackson Beck)
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for Cher and Tony Orlando & Dawn by Bill Martin) (MTM Enterprises bumper with Mimsie cut off midway by network)
Promo for M*A*S*H and The Flip Wilson Comedy Special (voiceover by ??)
CBS Catch the Brightest Stars Eye-D (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Commercials for:
Chicago Sun-Times (featuring Kup, Roger Ebert, Bob Greene and Erwin Darby)
Illinois Bell (about long-distance calls) (with Mariette Hartley?)
WBBM Catch the Brightest Stars ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)
Bonus: Bit of Cher [the rest of open sadly removed due to a claim] then channel changes to WTTW Channel 11, with longtime station announcer Marty Robinson, in one of his rarer on-screen appearances, plugging Talman Federal Savings (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/d0eDi2WEHLE)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 9th 1975 during the 6:00pm to 7:03pm timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help! CBS Network - Three for the Road - Trail of Bigfoot (Complete Broadcast, 11/9/1975) 📺](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLi8gpRfdZs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Son of Svengoolie - Good Morning, Sven (1983)
Here is the open of WFLD Channel 32s Son of Svengoolie show #218, featuring the song parody Good Morning, Sven (parody of the Beatles Good Morning Good Morning). The movie that week was Day the World Ended [1955]. The only time the show ever started with a song parody right out of the gate, to make note of the fact that Svens time had changed to the unspooky hour of 10:00am!
Note: This is to replace an earlier, now broken (unplayable) video posting, preserved as an unlisted video here to save the original comments: https://youtu.be/Xevg09ykapo
Has some nice shots of the Marina City Towers including a billboard advertising Thicke of the Night. Also features a cameo by long-time WFLD director Don Shannon as the guy trying to get Sven back into his coffin at 1:48.
Starring Rich Koz as the Son of Svengoolie and Doug Scharf as Doug Graves, the piano player.
...with NEW laughs, and the SAME OLD MOVIES!!
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 17th, 1983 at 10:00am.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help! Son of Svengoolie - Good Morning, Sven (1983)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ej0z0zJ7ul0/mqdefault.jpg)



![NBC Network - Hey, Hey, Hey, Its Fat Albert (Complete Broadcast, 4/27/1970) 📺
Heres a cool piece of animation history - a complete broadcast (from a 16mm film print with original commercials intact, so just a whisker shy of an actual broadcast recording) of the first rerun of the Bill Cosby special Hey! Hey! Hey! Its Fat Albert (which was transmitted in Chicago over WMAQ Channel 5.) Brought to you by those fine folks at Mattel.
This special, inspired by a track called Go-Karts from his 1966 album Wonderfulness, and itself an inspiration for the 1972-84 Saturday morning cartoon series Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids (whose Filmation animation, and depiction of the characters, was miles removed from this special), is a tale of a group of kids (including Weasel, Dumb Donald and Weird Harold) with whom Bill and his brother Russell grew up in North Philadelphia.
The plot involves showings of Wolf Man movies at a film festival in a local theatre and a football game against the Green Street Terrors of which Fat Albert ends up playing a part.
Cosby, on this show, played himself as a little boy, as well as playing Fat Albert and Dumb Donald, and being the narrator. Other voices were Steven Cheatham as Russell, Ernestine Wade as Bills mother, Solomon Young as Weird Harold, Alvin Hillard as Weasel, Gary Moore as Nolan, Ben Anderson as Rudy, Pat Ross as Rosemary, Angela Miller as Naomi, and Dana Marshall and Roosevelt Blow as two of the Terrors.
The music was composed and conducted by a cool cat named Herbie Hancock.
[NOTE: Between that routine and this special, the Tetragrammaton label, of which Mr. Cosby was co-owner from its 1968 founding until a few months prior to its 1969 demise, issued a single, Fat Albert (Hey, Hey, Hey), which was credited to The Fat Albert Chorus and Orchestra, its very first (T-1500), in 1968. In addition, the typeface used for the opening titles and closing credits was Ad Lib.]
Includes:
1962 Laramie Peacock animated bumper, as run post-1968 (voiceover by Mel Brandt - The following program is brought to you in living color...on NBC)
Show opening titles
Opening sponsor billboard for Mattel (Mattel Loves Kids)
Commercial: Hot Wheels - Rolls Royce and Drag Chute Set - from Mattel (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/ZEf6vhUXzZ4)
Act I, with Bill setting up premise of this special at start via voiceover
Commercials for:
Wiz-z-zer ( Wizzer / Wizzzer) - from Mattel (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/mB7RV-N0cNI)
New Living Barbie - from Mattel (with Maureen McCormick, of Brady Bunch fame!) (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/MgPbKXEWnj4)
Act II
Commercials for:
Hot Wheels Rod Runner Race Set - from Mattel (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/yy_3eJ6h7KQ)
New Chatty Cathy - from Mattel (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/76nTIi6PujA)
Act III
Commercial: Talking Story Books - from Mattel (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/pdr4pIJt-XU)
Closing sponsor billboard for Mattel
Ending credits:
This Has Been a Specialization of The Campbell, Silver Corporation
(C) Copyright 1969 The Campbell, Silver Corporation
Written by Ed Weinberger and Jack Mendelson and Bill Cosby
Design, Animation and Layout - Bob Bachman, Dick Drew, Lil Evans, Bill Hajee, Amby Paliwoda, Len Rogers, Leo Sullivan and Stan Green
Production Manager - Ray Thursby
Editorial Supervision - Joe Siracusa
Negative Cutting - Bud Thompson, Virginia Wood
Directors of Photography - Mike Bortman and Ken Brown
Color by Technicolor
Sound Recording by Glen Glenn Sound
Assistants to the Producers - Vera Tarvin and Barry Bunce
Casting Director - Susan McCusker
Produced by Harry J. Gittes
Directed by Ken Mundie
Executive Producers - Roy Silver and Bruce Campbell
followed by Produced with the NBC-TV Network animated snake logo bumper
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, April 27th 1970 during the 6:30pm to 7:00pm timeframe. (It had originally aired, with different commercials, on Wednesday, November 12th 1969 during the 6:30pm to 7:00pm timeframe, and would be repeated once more on Sunday, September 12th 1971 during the 6:30pm to 7:00pm timeframe; after these broadcasts, it never aired again, especially once Filmations Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids premiered.)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help! NBC Network - Hey, Hey, Hey, Its Fat Albert (Complete Broadcast, 4/27/1970) 📺](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fNjLctKZ7DU/mqdefault.jpg)


![The Playboy Channel - Sexcetera - Visit to a Condom Factory (1984)
And now, with another installment of Fuzzy After Dark, heres an excerpt from Sexcetera...The News According to Playboy, a newsmagazine focused on human sexuality that aired on The Playboy Channel, hosted by Dan Kain (who is also the interviewer) and Crystal Smith. This segment deals with the issue of condoms.
It starts with a quote attributed to Albert Einstein, then segues to an introduction of the piece.
Featured are excerpts from a film, Condom Sense [1981]; an interview with Bruce MacFarlane, Vice-President of Youngs Rubber Company; a shot inside a pharmacy where condoms are available; a look inside the companys plant where the condoms are made and an interview with two of the machine operators including one Della Ann Copeland; Mike Strand of Youngs Rubber Company gives some demonstrations and an explanation of some details of condom manufacture and testing.
The segment ends with another quote, this one from Arthur Hoppe about birth control.
This aired on local Chicago TV (via naughty cable) sometime in 1984.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help! The Playboy Channel - Sexcetera - Visit to a Condom Factory (1984)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gDYOY0xemmQ/mqdefault.jpg)

